wonky (redirected from wonkiness)

won·ky  (wngk)

adj. won·ki·er, won·ki·est Chiefly British

1. Shaky; feeble.

2. Wrong; awry.

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[Probably alteration of dialectal wanky, alteration of wankle, from Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol, unsteady.]

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wonky [ˈwɒŋkɪ]

adj -kier, -kiest Brit informal

1. shaky or unsteady

2. not in correct alignment; askew

3. liable to break down or develop a fault

[variant of dialect wanky, from Old English wancol]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	wonky - turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" askew, awry, cockeyed, skew-whiff, lopsided crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
	2.	wonky - inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky" rickety, shaky, wobbly unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"

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wonky

adjective

1. askew, squint (informal), awry, out of alignment, skewwhiff (Brit. informal) The wheels of the trolley kept going wonky.

2. shaky, weak, wobbly, unsteady, infirm He's got a wonky knee. shaky

Translations

wonky [ˈwɒŋkɪ] ADJ (wonkier (compar) (wonkiest (superl))) (Brit)

1. (= wobbly) [chair, table] → cojo, que se tambalea

2. (= crooked) → torcido, chueco(LAm)

3. (= broken down) → estropeado, descompuesto(esp Mex)
to go wonky [car, machine] → estropearse; [TV picture] → descomponerse

wonky [ˈwɒŋki] adj (British) [chair, trolley, wheels] → branlant(e); [knees] → flageolant(e)

wonky

adj (+er) (Brit inf) chair, marriage, grammar → wackelig; nose → krumm, schief; machine → nicht (ganz) in Ordnung; sense of judgement etc → nicht ganz richtig, aus dem Lot; your hat’s a bit/your collar’s all wonky → dein Hut/dein Kragen sitzt ganz schief

wonky [ˈwɒŋkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (Brit) (fam) (chair, table) → traballante
to go wonky (TV picture, machine) → fare i capricci